Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Spoilers, probably! It's a review of a season though, I'm not tagging the whole thing.

Well, that's it all over. I have to say, I loved almost every second of it Everything felt so right to me. It was all as great as it ever was, both in writing and the cast performances. At the same time, I can understand others possibly being disappointed, though not surprised given most things that happened were sign-posted far in advance (some even as far back as the mini-series).

The way the Five handled their revelations was really enjoyable to watch, as well as the smaller changes before they came out as Cylons. The Cylons in general really came into their own, given we got a lot more time with them and their issues, even going as far as a full on Civil War. I also quite enjoyed the fact the different versions of the different models had differing personalities.

I also really enjoyed Baltar and his storyline, with more limited interaction with Head Six than usual, yet when it does happen it's a lot more direct. she even literally lifts him up, which was pretty cool He became a lot more twitchy and more confident in his role as a leader of sorts.

No more Guess the Cylon, nice to see how that resolved. I really liked the changes to the last of the Five - a lot more confident, yet still the same person. Also I would apologise to Gaete for trying to have him pushed out an airlock if it weren't for how his story ended

As for episodes, I really enjoyed pretty much every one this season. Revelations (which I think might've been a mid-season cliffhanger) was excellent and didn't go the way I thought it would! Everything after that was great to watch too, including the mutiny, the alliance and even all the stuff about music and visions (the very things I think would've turned some other people off). Also, given it's the last season I loved the fact any character could die at any time. Heck, even the titular Battlestar wasn't safe!

But of course it was the finale that I think would've been the most divisive. I absolutely adored it. It just felt like the right way to end it all to me. I won't go into it too much as I suspect it has all been said and discussed to death, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I even got teary-eyed at points. I especially loved old-school Centurions taking on new ones. Incidentally I also watched Razor after S3 and loved seeing the old Raiders in that too

It didn't even really leave too much open to interpretation, and nothing really came completely out of nowhere. Sure, some stuff was only really introduced this season but most of it was off-shoots of stuff that came before.

Loved it all. Almost sad it's over, so I'll probably leave The Plan and any other spin-offs for a while.

I was/am a massive LoG fan, but when series 3 originaly aired I was not impressed. I have just re-watched all 6 episodes over 2 nights and I forgot how funny it is, lots of great nods to the first 2 series.

Still not as great as the first 2 series (and radio)but a lot better than I remember.

"we have a saying down our way-when the shits been shat" awesome line.

TarickStonefire wrote:
Dexter, last ever series: everything except the last 2 minutes, 8/10, good old fashioned completely implausible Dexter. The last two minutes? 3/10, what a let down. Should have shot the other person...

It's not the last ever series though...1 more, although they're now saying they may make it 2.

TarickStonefire wrote:
Dexter, last ever series: everything except the last 2 minutes, 8/10, good old fashioned completely implausible Dexter. The last two minutes? 3/10, what a let down. Should have shot the other person...

It's not the last ever series though...1 more, although they're now saying they may make it 2.

Got this on DVD for Christmas, having no real prior knowledge of it beforehand. Very, very cool Danish horror series set in a hospital that was done back in the 90s by a rather young looking Lars Von Trier (who pops up at the end of every episode). David Lynch influences abound - Lars acknowledges Twin Peaks as an inspiration for the series in the rather excellent making-of included on the DVD - which combined with the muted colours and use of heavy grain, really give the whole thing a uniquely disturbing look and feel.

I do love oddball stuff like this, and it's one of the most enjoyable shows I've watched for a while. My only major complaint was that each series only contain a measly four episodes each, and the storyline was far from being concluded by the end. A planned third series (Lars had even written the script) was shelved when a couple of the lead actors sadly passed away. There was a US remake (Kingdom Hospital) that I saw a one or two episodes of a few years ago, but I remember only two things: a) it starred the guy from Weekend at Bernies, and b) it was pretty dreadful.

Fantastic, some awesome highs, The Visitor is one of the best episodes of Trek ever, not to mention a great episode for any show. And the lows are nowhere near as low as is usual for Trek, with no episode being genuinely bad.

8/10

And 6 episodes into season 5 the series is just getting better every episode.

I think I'm in the minority but I thought season 2 of Walking Dead was really good. I watched it in quick succession though so watching an episode a week may have been underwhelming!

Anyway...

The Wire Season 1

So with loads of friends constantly saying how great this show is I decided to start watching it earlier in the year and I just couldn't get in to it (I was in Breaking Bad heaven at the time) so I gave up.

As Dexter, Sons of Anarchy and Walking Dead are all now over I decided to give The Wire another shot.

I can't believe I wasn't hooked last time. I took the time out to really pay attention to the show and as soon as I did that I was hooked. The lines of dialogue between most if not all of the characters is nothing short of amazing. There are a few scenes when they are talking about everyday mundane things (Chess and Chicken nuggets) and even still make it interesting enough that it had stuck in my mind!

Really looking forward to start (and getting it out of the way as I heard its weak) season 2. After 1 season I can already see how this show is so highly regarded.